Mine detail: Yellowstone Mine

Previously called 'Johnny Gulch TalcMountain TalcCameron'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.07658, -111.73141

Resource(N)

Primary: Talc-Soapstone
Ore: Chlorite, Talc
Orebody form: POD

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Dolomitic Marble;Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss
Host type:Marble
Structure:Folds In Metamorphic Rocks Faults Of Minor Displacement
Tectonic:Precambrian Basement

References

MRDSW013390
DEP10070448
Reference{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1956, JOHNNY GULCH TALC DEPOSIT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: OPEN - FILE REPORT USGS 8 P.}{Deposit:: PERRY, E. S., 1948, TALC, GRAPHITE, VERMICULITE, AND ASBESTOS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 27.}{Deposit:: OLSON, R. H., (IN PREP), THE GEOLOGY OF MONTANA TALC DEPOSITS: TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE MBMG IN THE PROCEEDINGS VOLUME OF THE ELEVENTH FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-15-1969.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, WORLD OF MINERALS, LUZENAC ACQUIRES MONTANA TALC: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 322, P. 15.}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP JAMES OPEN - FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: 1943 USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 178}{Production:: PROFESSIONAL OPINION}
ReporterBerg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.), Doyle, Brien (Wells, John), Bolm, Karen S. (Greta Orris)